TSA restarting gate screening?
Mar 11, 2008 | 6:55 am
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Ohhh yea. I watched them do it at a couple of gates. They set up the little table they had and pulled an unfortunate victim. When it came time for us to board, just before we started boarding (I was in line for #1) I saw them heading our way and thought OH $*!T they are gonna get me for sure. I guess they saw my 3 small kids and did not get me, but the poor guy right behind me got it... and he was fuming mad when he finally got onboard.
The worst is when they do it on a WN flight and pick one of the folks that paid extra for early boarding.
Mar 11, 2008 | 12:28 pm
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Yup.
Happened to me in RNO last year.
My AA flight was cancelled and they rebooked me on a connector through LAX on Alaska. The gate agent did me a favor and rebooked me even though she told everyone to go back through security to the ticket counter. When I walked over to get my boarding pass from Alaska, it had the "SSSS" on it.
I made a remark about it to the agent and she told me "Just stay in the secure area if you want. I'll be working the flight and I won't call anyone to screen you when we board." SANITY!!! ^
Happened to me in RNO last year.
My AA flight was cancelled and they rebooked me on a connector through LAX on Alaska. The gate agent did me a favor and rebooked me even though she told everyone to go back through security to the ticket counter. When I walked over to get my boarding pass from Alaska, it had the "SSSS" on it.
I made a remark about it to the agent and she told me "Just stay in the secure area if you want. I'll be working the flight and I won't call anyone to screen you when we board." SANITY!!! ^
Mar 11, 2008 | 2:27 pm
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Mar 11, 2008 | 2:40 pm
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The airlines have no incentive to care. Since the TSA has no method for tracking who has been issued an SSSS and who has actually been secondaried, they have no knowledge of whether the individual was screened at the gate on a connecting SSSS. I have yet to see a GA that complains about no initials/scribbles from TSA on any BP, and I never present my connecting BP to the initial TSA at the originating airport.
Yet another notch in the BS of our current security regime.
Yet another notch in the BS of our current security regime.
Mar 11, 2008 | 9:53 pm
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US does even better. Due to flight delays at DCA I "interlined" US flght A to US flght B, and got a SSSS BP for my trouble. The CS agent (inside security) couldn't comprehend why I wanted the SSSS removed and wouldn't take the extra effort (perhaps impossible with SHARES) to remove it. He swore it wouldn't be an issue on boarding, and he was correct.
The GA issued my BP with a big "SSSS" on it. I pointed it out and said, "I wasn't a selectee on the original flight, so I want you to take it off for this one." She first acted like she didn't know what I meant, then claimed she couldn't do anything, then claimed they wouldn't be calling the TSA to the gate anyway.
Fortunately, the GA who did board the flight indeed didn't call for screening for any of the SSSS pax who boarded.
Mar 13, 2008 | 2:17 pm
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